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Patented Jan. 2, |900. G. W; TALLWIAN.

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(Applition led Jan. 8, 1898.)

NVENTOR A Harney (No Model.)

W1 TNESSES lilnrrrgn Iam@ hrnr trib@ GEORGE W. TALLMAN, OF NEWv YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 640,333, dated January 2, 1900.

Application led January 8, 1898. Serial No. 666,084. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, GEORGE W. TALLMAN, a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Signs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in signs, and more particularly to illuminated signs, figures, or numbers, the object of the invention being to so construct a sign, figure, or number that it will be made prominent when placed on or in proximity to a glass door, Window, or transom.

A further object is to produce a sign or number, such as used for numbering' houses,

which can be easily read at night when there is a light behind it.

"With these objects in View the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vievv illustrating my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional vievv. Figs. 3 and 4- are views illustrating modiiications.

In Fig. l I have illustrated my invention as applied to a sign, although it is to be understood that the invention is equally applicable for figures and for numbers, and is particularly useful for numbering houses.

A represents a strip of light material, suoli as cardboard, which can be readily supported against a pane of glass-such as a glass door, or Window, or transom-by means of paper tabs or in any other desired manner. The desired letters or iigu res for the 'sign or number are cut out of the cardboard, and the face of said cardboard strip is preferably covered with glazed paper u. A strip of tracing-linen l is applied to the back of the cardboard strip and held in place by another card strip A', so as to extend over the spaces forming the letters and through Which light may pass. In cases of such letters as A and R, Where portions of the letters are entirely removed when the cardboard strip is cut to form the letters, the portions thus cut out may be glued in their proper places on the tracinglinen. In order to protect the tracing-linen and permit the window or door to which the sign or number is attached to be Washed Without injury to the sign or number, a strip of pyralin 2 is placed over the tracing-linen and held in place by means of a sheet or strip of paper 3, pasted to the back of the cardboard and made to engage said strip of pyralin, said paper strip or sheet also serving to hold the tracing-linen in place. The complete sign or number will be wateru proofed by means of a suitable varnish.

If desired, the pyralin may be colored, so as to make the sign or number appear colored. The edges of the cardboard may, if desired, be tinted with any desired colored material to add to the ornamental appear-- ance of the device.

Instead of placing the strip of pyralin bchind the transparent tracing-linen it may be placed between the cardboard and the tracing-linen, as shown in Fig. 3.

Instead of cutting the letters out of the cardboard strip, as above explained, a rec tangular slot a may be cut in the cardboard, as shown in Fig. 4, said slot being covered with tracing-linen and pyralin and letters or figures glued to either the tracing-linen or the pyralin. Thus letters cut from the cardboard in making one sign can be utilized in making another sign.

Various slight changes might be made in the details of construction of my invention Without departing from the spirit thereof or lim iting its scope, and hence I do not Wish to limit myself to the precise details herein set forth.

The various forms of the device will preferably be provided with tabs c for attaching the sign to the glass by extending the tracinglinen beyond the ends of the sign, as shown in Fig. l.

I-Iaving fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- l. A sign consisting of a card having spaces forming letters or figures, and a strip of trac ing-cloth attached to said card and extending over said spaces therein, the tracing-cloth.

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projecting beyond the card, said projecting portion of the tracingcloth constituting means for attaching the sign to a support.

2. A sign consisting of a strip of card having spaces forming letters or figures, a strip of pyraiin and a strip of tracing-cloth secured A to said cardboard strip and extending over the spaces therein, the ends of the tracingcloth projectingvbeyond the ends of the sign and constituting means for securing the sign 1o to I2t support, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

GEORGE W. TALLMAN.

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I-IARTWIG I. PHILLIPS, HENRY T. BRENNAN. 

